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whether islam and democracy are fundamentally incompatible that's coming up in just a moment stay with us. wealthy british style. markets weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on r.t. . can't. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle are islam and democracy incompatible why are the overwhelming majority of muslim populated countries governed by either nondemocratic regimes are unstable democracies and does the west have the right to determine what democracy is. can. you discuss the compatibility of islam and democracy i'm joined by tommy in amman he is director of the institute of islamic political fodder in denver we go to nader has seen me he's an assistant professor of middle east and islamic politics at the university of denver in washington we cross to michele dunne she's a senior associate at the carnegie endowment for international peace also in washington we have stephen suliman schwartz he's the executive director for the center of islamic pluralism and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all rig
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that there's been a kind of a devil's bargain that as long as these governments would cooperate with us on things like getting oil out of the region and perhaps in peacemaking with israel that we would look certainly look the other way for human rights abuses and lack of political liberties and so forth that's begun to change a little bit i think over the last ten years or so in the united states in europe we see some ambivalence about this certainly since the nine eleven terrorist attacks in the united states has this really works out well for the west ok some if i go to you in amman i mean there is the double standards of bound mean we have a democratically elected government in gaza we have hezbollah that participates in lebanese politics and irrespective of what your attitude is towards the i mean the republican republic of iran they do have a form of democracy if you don't if you respect if you like it or not isn't that really just a double standard i mean when you know muslims arabs muslims practice democracy then it's a nine by the west because that's not democracy they accept be
that there's been a kind of a devil's bargain that as long as these governments would cooperate with us on things like getting oil out of the region and perhaps in peacemaking with israel that we would look certainly look the other way for human rights abuses and lack of political liberties and so forth that's begun to change a little bit i think over the last ten years or so in the united states in europe we see some ambivalence about this certainly since the nine eleven terrorist attacks in...
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eleven thirty am in moscow good to have you with us here on our headlines after the triple bombing in baghdad and dozens dead doubts over whether iraqi forces in the wake of the withdrawal of u.s. combat troops. internet. highlight problems like corruption that in the past. when the home is not as average americans fall on hard times visits a homeless camp in the woods to find out what options are left for those who've lost everything in the crisis. celebrations. twenty years since they declared independence from. the headlines up next fiery debate host peter lavelle and his guests on cross talk discuss whether islam and democracy are fundamentally incompatible it's coming up in just a moment here on. every month we give you the future we help you understand how will get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world join knology update on our jeep. and you can. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle are islam and democracy incompatible why are the overwhelming majority of muslim populated countries governed
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the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news make us. feel. welcome back to crossfire gang peter lavelle remind you we were discussing of democracy can thrive in islam. but before let's see what russians think about democracy what is democracy considered by many to be end of western society it is a loosely defined as a political system where the majority of rules but what do russians believe to be at democracies core according to a recently about a set of poll thirty nine percent connect democracy with economic prosperity in a country thirty eight percent believe freedom of speech and religion is fundamental to democracy lawfulness and direct elections were high on russians democratic wish list and only seven percent associated democracy guaranteed minorities rights back to peter ok stephen we were talking about the nature of democracy in the in the greater middle east and it is one in general do you believe there is such a thing as an islamic democracy is that there is there such a concept. there are muslim democracies clearly indonesia is on
the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news make us. feel. welcome back to crossfire gang peter lavelle remind you we were discussing of democracy can thrive in islam. but before let's see what russians think about democracy what is democracy considered by many to be end of western society it is a loosely defined as a political system where the majority of rules but what do russians believe to be at democracies core according to a recently about a set of poll thirty nine...